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    1) The document provides homework instructions asking the student to imagine advising the European Commission on recommendations to prevent incidents like the Xylella affair from happening again. 2) As a chief scientific advisor, the student recommends supporting research to fully understand problems without jumping to conclusions, and encouraging open communication between policymakers, scientists, and the public. 3) The student also recommends promoting access to scientific findings, policies, and decision-making processes to reduce public dogmatism, and responsible media practices that fact-check information.

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    1) The document provides homework instructions asking the student to imagine advising the European Commission on recommendations to prevent incidents like the Xylella affair from happening again. 2) As a chief scientific advisor, the student recommends supporting research to fully understand problems without jumping to conclusions, and encouraging open communication between policymakers, scientists, and the public. 3) The student also recommends promoting access to scientific findings, policies, and decision-making processes to reduce public dogmatism, and responsible media practices that fact-check information.

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    1) The document provides homework instructions asking the student to imagine advising the European Commission on recommendations to prevent incidents like the Xylella affair from happening again. 2) As a chief scientific advisor, the student recommends supporting research to fully understand problems without jumping to conclusions, and encouraging open communication between policymakers, scientists, and the public. 3) The student also recommends promoting access to scientific findings, policies, and decision-making processes to reduce public dogmatism, and responsible media practices that fact-check information.

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    How to Recognize and Debunk Pseudoscience

    Instructor: Antonio Vassallo (antonio.vassallo@pw.edu.pl)


    Student name: Krishnadas Mohandas

    HOMEWORK #5
    (submission deadline: 16/04 at 23:59)

    Imagine you sit in the Chief Scientific Advisors Group, which advises the European Commission to
    inform policy making. What recommendations would you make to the Commission to prevent
    incidents like the whole Xylella affair from happening in the future?
    As a Chief scientific advisor, I would recommend research support to understand the problem without
    jumping into quick conclusions. Encourage open and transparent communication between
    policymakers, scientists, and the public. Promoting accessibility of scientific findings, policy
    documents, and decision-making processes to the public would help reduce their dogmatic beliefs. It
    would be also best to encourage responsible journalism and media practices that prioritize accuracy
    and fact-checking.
    In case such incidents spiral out of the government's control, it may be prudent to limit the
    dissemination of confidential information to the public in order to mitigate the impact of the incident.
    And try to solve the problem with minimum collateral damage.

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